Stepnohirsk
Stepnohirsk
Степногірськ | |
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  Stepnohirsk Location in Zaporizhzhia Oblast  Stepnohirsk Location in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 47°35′14″N 35°21′17″E / 47.58722°N 35.35472°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Raion | Vasylivka Raion |
| Hromada | Stepnohirsk settlement hromada |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 4,294 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Stepnohirsk (Ukrainian: Степногірськ; Russian: Степногорск) is a rural settlement in Vasylivka Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, southern Ukraine. The settlement is located on the left bank of the Dnieper, dammed here and forming Kakhovka Reservoir. Stepnohirsk hosts the administration of Stepnohirsk settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 4,294 (2022 estimate).[2]
Transport
[edit]The closest railway station, Plavni-Vantazhni, is about two kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the settlement, on the railway connecting Zaporizhzhia and Melitopol. There is some passenger traffic.
The settlement is on highway M18 which connects Zaporizhzhia and Melitopol.
History
[edit]Until 26 January 2024, Stepnohirsk was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Stepnohirsk became a rural settlement.[3]
On 2 January 2025, a Russian airstrike struck the settlement, killing 1 person.[4]
Notable people
[edit]- Yehor Demchenko (born 1997), Ukrainian footballer
References
[edit]- ^ "Степногірська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.
- ^ Gyori, Boldizsar (2 January 2025). "Russian strike kills civilian in Zaporizhzhia Oblast". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 4 January 2025.